Twisted
...Little Red Riding Hood took a lunch
to her grandma who liked to munch
Riding Hood liked to play like waiter
until Wolf spied her and then ate her.
Little Bo Peep had trouble with sheep
They'd ...
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Categories:
stepsisters, adventure, fantasy, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Ember Girl
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Born orphan, the torture of her stepmother and stepsisters
shaped the fairy tale Cinderella with fire, the ember girl,
who didn’t dream seeing the dormant love bloom,
but seethed within to tak...
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Categories:
stepsisters, fire, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Cinderella - Wicked Twist
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Cinderella had fun at the ball
with her Prince charming, handsome and tall.
It got late and she would
run home fast as she could-
but one slipper fell off in a fall.
The Prince found it and ...
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Categories:
stepsisters, betrayal, nursery rhyme,
Form: Limerick
The Blood-Stained Glass Heart
...She scrubs the floors with hands that bleed,
her heart, a brittle thing beneath her chest—
a reflection of the shattered glass
she once danced on,
believing love was a crown
meant to fit anyone....
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Categories:
stepsisters, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Refurbished Fairy Tales: Cinderella, If the Shoe Fits Part I
...Once upon a time...
Once upon a time, in France, a storyteller fella
Wrote of a girl named Cinderella,
Meant as a fairy tale romance.
Her daddy died when she was young, and she was forced to sh...
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Categories:
stepsisters, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Take Us With You
...Cinderella was not difficult to please.
Tired from her back-to-back chores, she needed no bed.
She could use a bit of straw for a pillow.
Or sleep without anything under her head.
Her lovelines...
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Categories:
stepsisters, books,
Form: Narrative
Frozen In Glass Shoes
...Time stopped.
Cynthia, frozen in glass shoes.
Time stopped
when she’d not accepted his proposal.
Prince Nicholas bided his time
to think. How could he persuade this lass
to wear his ring?
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Categories:
stepsisters, princess,
Form: Narrative
A Conversation With Cinderella
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( Based on the animated musical produced by Walt Disney
based on the fairytale written by Charles Perrault.)
"Hello Cinderella, how are you ?
I am very happy and still in love,
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Categories:
stepsisters, cinderella,
Form: Rhyme
At Your Last Breath
...If I had to explain to a child
What is fear?
I could not
I would not
But for the adult
Fear is all too familiar
Yet so unknown
Transcendence is skewed
Fear is natural
Yet it is cor...
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Categories:
stepsisters, confusion, death, emotions, fear,
Form: Free verse
Cinderella Aint Listening
...It’s almost midnight Cinderella, her Fairy Godmother whispered.
She laughed so hard, the couch fell in two.
I smiled at old crone's mistake. She does not know my cousin well.
She limped out of the...
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Categories:
stepsisters, 5th grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
Soul Slipper
...Elle laissa tomber une de ses pantoufles de verre, que le prince ramassa bien soigneusement. (Perrault’s tale)
SOUL SLIPPER
magnificent her slipper —
slender, arched, flawless,
resplendent of...
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Categories:
stepsisters, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
No More Do They Mince
...Cinderella with the Prince
~ stepsisters wince
Ziket Guidelines:
1st line < 8 syllables
2nd line < 5 syllables
(Rhyme not required)
Thanks to Line Gauthier
for the introductio...
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Categories:
stepsisters, dance, relationship, sister,
Form: Free verse
Intuitive Considerate
...Intuitive.
I am honest to a fault, overly sensitive, tough as nails and dependable.
I have two stepsisters, a half-brother and half-sister.
I love birds, antiques and old houses.
I feel anticipat...
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Categories:
stepsisters, self,
Form: Bio
Box of Chocolates
...BOX OF CHOCOLATES
My heart aches for those who vanish —
a variety like chocolates, melting
into vanquished existence.
First and farewell - those lucky
who have died, without having
their n...
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Categories:
stepsisters, farewell, friendship, heaven, love
Form: Free verse
Taking a Break
...Although I'm young am tired you see
from all the scheduled laborious activities
stepmother decided to step out momentarily
with stepsisters going on a ball shopping spree,
With me home alone to...
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Categories:
stepsisters, art, imagination,
Form: Personification
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